Classes resume at Lone Star College

By Dale Lezon |
January 23, 2013
| Updated: January 23, 2013 6:31am

Quanell X, center, stands with Trey Foster's mom, Don, right, after his appearance in the 228th State District Court at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Houston. Authorities took Trey Foster, 22, into custody Friday, as a suspect in the shooting that took place on Lone Star College's campus. Quanell X stated that Foster had a receipt purchasing the gun and that he took a concealed handgun class although he didn't obtain a concealed carrying license.

The suspects were identified as Carlton Berry, left, and Trey Foster. Berry was later cleared. (Harris County Sheriff's Office)

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Ana Leal, left, embraces Lone Star College student Sabrina Cuellar after she was evacuated and picked up by her mother, Maria Cuellar, right, from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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A Harris Precinct 4 Constable blocks off an entrance to the Lone Star College North Harris campus after a shooting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in Houston. The shooting on campus wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Police did not provide any details about the people who were wounded. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

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A sheriff's deputy walks along the road toward the Lone Star College campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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Students leave campus after gunfire erupts shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lone Star College in north Harris County.

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Lone Star College students sit on the street corner near Aldine-Westfield after they were evacuated from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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Lone Star College students walk away from the college after they were evacuated from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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Lone Star College students sit near a parking lot after they were evacuated from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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Parents wait to pick up their children outside Nimitz High School after it was placed on lockdown after a shooting happened nearby on Lone Star College North Harris campus on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in Houston. The shooting wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the college campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Police did not provide any details about the people who were wounded. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

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Police block off streets at the scene of the campus shooting.

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A student leaves campus after gunfire erupts about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lone Star College in north Harris County.

Google Maps view of the scene where shots were fired on the Lone Star College campus in North Harris County.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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The scene around Lone Star College, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, north of Houston.

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Students wait outside an entrance to the Lone Star College North Harris campus after a shooting on campus on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in Houston. The shooting wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Police did not provide any details about the people who were wounded. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

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Parents wait to pick up their children outside Nimitz High School after it was placed on lockdown after a shooting happened nearby on Lone Star College North Harris campus on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in Houston. The shooting wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the college campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Police did not provide any details about the people who were wounded. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

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Parents wait to pick up their children outside Nimitz High School after it was placed on lockdown after a shooting happened nearby on Lone Star College North Harris campus on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in Houston. The shooting wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the college campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Police did not provide any details about the people who were wounded. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

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Dr. Richard Carpenter, Lone Star College System chancellor, left, and Maj. Armando Tello, of the Harris County Sheriff's Department, address the public.

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Women wearing Lone Star College sweatshirts and a man walk near Lone Star College in Houston, which was placed on lockdown Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, after a shooting that wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety. (AP Photo/The Courier of Montgomery County, Jason Fochtman)

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Lone Star College students walk away from the college after they were evacuated from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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Law enforcement officers search for a gunman after a shooting at Lone Star College Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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Members of the Harris County sheriff's Crime Scene Unit gather evidence and take photos on the campus of Lone Star College, after a gunman fired multiple rounds Tuesday on campus.

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School buses are allowed back on the Nimitz High School campus, which was on lockdown after a shooting at Lone Star College on Tuesday.

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SWAT officers search the Lone Star College parking lots and buildings after a shooting which left several people injured Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

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A law enforcement officer checks a vehicles trunk before leaving the Lone Star College after a shooting which left several people injured Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston.

A woman is interviewed my a news crew near Lone Star College in Houston, which was placed on lockdown Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, after a shooting that wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety. (AP Photo/The Courier of Montgomery County, Jason Fochtman)

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Police block off an entrance to the Lone Star College North Harris campus after a shooting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in Houston. The shooting on campus wounded three people and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello said authorities had detained a person of interest. Police did not provide any details about the people who were wounded. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

Lone Star College will be open for classes as normal a day after three people were wounded in a shooting on the campus in North Harris County.

The college was closed after the shooting erupted about 12:20 p.m. at the campus at 2700 W.W. Thorne, but it will resume normal operations this morning, according to the college's website.

An argument between two men sparked the gunfire, authorities say. One of the men was wounded. The gunman apparently accidently shot himself in the hip. A college maintenance worker, described as a innocent bystander, was also wounded in the shooting.

Carlton Berry, 22,.has been accused of pulling the trigger. He is charged with aggravated assault, though he remains hospitalized for the apparently self-inflicted accidental gunshot wound.

The conditions of the other wounded men were not released. A female student was treated at the scene for a medical event possibly related to the gunfire.

Investigators were trying to piece together what caused Berry and the man to argue and why the confrontation escalated into gunfire.

The shooting rocked the otherwise peaceful, tree-shaded campus. Students dashed for cover when they heard the gunshots and made phones calls and took to social media to tell loved ones and friends what was happening.

Rohit Mistry, a 21-year-old studying criminal justice at Lone Star, was on the third floor of library, books open, when he noticed people running. A librarian asked all those present to move into a back room, he said.

"I saw people running around," Mistry said. "That's when the librarians were asking us to move into a back room where offices were."

Several dozen people crammed into the room, with some students crying and others calling their parents.

The campus was locked down as police took control of the scene. Students were evacuated. The campus was later determined to be safe.